Virgil Van Dijk was replaced at half-time by Ibrahim Konate in Liverpool’s 3-0 win over Southampton. Why did he go off?
Why did Van Dijk get subbed off?
It’s rare for defenders to get subbed off that early on in the game. Injuries are something that the current Liverpool team is plagued with and they won’t want anything bad happening to their captain.
Thankfully, it seems as though Van Dijk’s substitution wasn’t an enforced one. The Netherlands international played the full 120 minutes of Liverpool’s Carabao Cup final win and the substitution against Southampton was a simple switch between Liverpool’s first choice centre back’s.
The games are coming thick and fast for Liverpool and they’ll want to make sure their big players are fit and ready.
How important is Van Dijk to Liverpool?
Van Dijk is having the best season he’s had since his unfortunate ACL injury.
He’s filled the captain role that Jordan Henderson had left behind and has already lead Liverpool to his first trophy as leader. It was a captains header that ensured Liverpool’s Carabao Cup win.
Van Dijk and the Reds will be wanting more trophies in Klopp’s farewell season.
They’re currently league leaders in the Premier League, in the FA Cup quarter-final and they’re in the Europa League round of 16.
It’ll be an interesting final few months of the season for Liverpool.
This is the full list of players injured:
Thiago (season injury)
Stefan Bajectic (unknown)
Dominik Szoboszlai (March return)
Joel Matip (season injury)
Diogo Jota (late April return)
Curtis Jones (unknown)
Darwin Nunez (March return)
Mohamed Salah (March return)
Trent Alexander-Arnold (March return)
Allison (April return)
Liverpool’s next six games
Nottingham Forest v Liverpool – Premier League – Saturday 2nd March 3pm
Sparta Praha v Liverpool – Europa League – Thursday 7th March 5:45pm
Liverpool v Manchester City – Premier League – Sunday 10th March 3:45pm
Liverpool v Sparta Pravha – Europa League – Thursday 14th March 8pm
Manchester United v Liverpool – FA Cup – TBA
Liverpool v Brighton – Premier League – Sunday 31st March 2pm
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